CHAMPION: Korte Wins 2015 Heritage Inn SCT Spiel

SKIP
Bruce
Korte

Third
Kevin
Marsh

Second
Daniel
Marsh

Lead
Matt
Lang

Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK) won 5-3 over Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) in the Final of the Heritage Inn SCT Spiel, held November 20 - 22, 2015 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Korte won 8-2 over Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK) in the semifinals of the 2015 Heritage Inn SCT Spiel in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; and won 8-7 over Brad Heidt (KerrobMert, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Korte finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Korte defeated Ben Gamble (Moose Jaw, SK) 6-4, then won 6-2 against Ryan Skjerdal (Regina, SK) and 8-1 against Kris Keating (Kronau, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Heritage Inn SCT Spiel Championship title, Korte earned 13.413 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 53rd place overall with 77.461 total points. Korte ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.291 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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